HOw to get htmltext from the field to display in another field

[Mark Wieder]

On 9/20/20 7:28 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote:
> Eureka! So easy, now to get back to the htmlText as per the code
> 
> if the htmlText of field "mainText"  then
>        put the htmlText of field "mainText" into field "mainText"
>     else
>        set the htmlText of field "mainText" to field "mainText"
>    end if
> 
> we wonder how easy it to tell that "if" the clause is telling it is "true"
> 
>   if (set the htmlText of field "mainText" to field "mainText") then
> 
> does not work

if field "mainText" is not empty then

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